Germany launches Europe-wide manhunt for Tunisian suspect
By GEIR MOULSON German authorities have launched a Europe-wide manhunt for a Tunisian man with ties to Islamic extremists who has been identified as a suspect in the Berlin Christmas…
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Manslaughter verdict caps trial of ex-NFL player’s killer
By KEVIN McGILL The man who fatally shot retired New Orleans Saints defensive leader Will Smith faces a sentence of up to 40 years in prison after being convicted of…
Brazilian soccer team’s plane crashes in Colombia; 75 dead
By LUIS BENAVIDES and JOSHUA GOODMAN A chartered plane carrying a Brazilian soccer team to the biggest match of its history crashed into a Colombian hillside and broke into pieces,…
115 dead as train derails in north India; some still trapped
By RAJESH KUMAR SINGH Rescuers worked through the night to pull people out of mangled coaches after an overnight passenger train derailed early Sunday in northern India, killing at least…
Philippine police van rams protesters in front of US Embassy
By BULLIT MARQUEZ and BOGIE CALUPITAN A Philippine police van rammed into protesters, leaving several bloodied, as an anti-U.S. rally turned violent Wednesday at the American Embassy in Manila. The…
Mayor: Pilot tells police that plane crash was intentional
By DAVE COLLINS The pilot of a small plane that crashed on a busy road near the headquarters of military jet-engine maker Pratt & Whitney, killing a passenger, told police…
Investigators seek answers in fatal New Jersey train crash
By DAKE KANG and MICHAEL R. SISAK HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) — Federal investigators are trying to determine what happened before a commuter train barreled through a station and crashed into…
Safety recommendations unfulfilled 7 years after Flight 1549
By JOAN LOWY More than seven years after an airline captain saved 155 lives by ditching his crippled airliner in the Hudson River, now the basis of a new movie,…